Look beyond traditional health IT tools for Accountable Care Organization (ACO) implementations
Now that CMS has announced the Medicare Shared Savings Program for Accountable Care Organizations or ACOs. The new program is another incentive program, like Meaningful Use (MU), but unlike MU…
Florida House Passes Medicaid Privatization Plan
First of all let’s not forget who is running the state as Governor, a former CEO of HCA who admitted stole billions of dollars in Medicare/Medicaid funds. Does this give…
Wound healing and Surgical Closure
Traumatic and surgical wounds, which were once treated with little more than bandages to keep out debris and otherwise let natural healing run its course, are now the target of…
Florida Appeals Court Sets Date for Arguments Surrounding Reform Law’s Constitutionality
The date has been set: 6/8/11. That’s when the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the case of the federal appeal of an earlier January ruling in favor of…
Jan Medical – Breakthrough Study in Stroke Detection
There is a dire, unmet medical need for timely and precise assessment and monitoring of traumatic brain injuries. Jan Medical, a privately held medical technology company, and presenting company at…
GOP Leaks Preliminary Details on Medicaid Reform Plans
A (very concise) Medicaid primer: states, in a partnership with the federal government, have to provide funds to support the delivery of healthcare services to potential patients who qualify. That…
Prevention and Public Health Fund De-funded
Earlier today, the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee voted to de-fund the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Americans are demanding cuts in federal spending, but not cuts that are…
3M To Buy Zargis Medical-Software Used by Blue Tooth Stethoscope
This makes sense as the stethoscope was a combined effort of 3M and Zargis. The Littmann Electronic Stethoscope, packs features most headphone users would be familiar with, such as noise…
ACO Rule under Reform Aims to Increase Cooperation among Providers, Hospitals
No April Foolery here. The time has come: HHS has finally issued longstanding rules as part of reform with regard to accountable care organizations. ACOs are nothing new, of course;…
Tri-Care Formularies To Be Listed on Epocrates
Last month Epocrates announced they too are entering the medical records market, so add one more. It is interesting to see how some of this is evolving today with companies…
